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[RaisedByWolves]

no alcohol if possible!

Its possable to work on a saw without Alcohol?

 

[KMB]

...I'll measure them, but they look like 6-32 screws to me.. Available at a real hardware store. I might make a list (I think there are only 2) of the screws in the common carbs.

Thanks, a list posted here would be great! I have a carb kit, and while I have it (carb) apart, I'll change out the screw.

My parts gathering for the 044 is coming along slowly but surely...finding a good used tank/handle assembly that isn't cracked or repaired is not easy (anybody got one for sale?) I know where I can get a new one for a reasonable price, but they only come with the new flip-open fuel caps, and I want the old style cap tank. I guess I'll have to be patient.

Kevin

 

[BobL]

I can't, but I see a a lot of piston failures, and this is was just like all the other abused "lean" burn outs. The user was obviously inept - it doesn't melt down like that in a minute...

OK - Thanks - I'm learning heaps here in just about every post.

 

[B_Turner]

It's not a Stihl issue - it's a Walbro/Zama/Tillotson issue... and those carbs are used everywhere. One stupid plated steel part in the carb and the potential for rust exists.

Water in the gas is the real problem. Use fresh mix, no alcohol if possible, dump out your gas cans now and then, don't store it in a saw for more than 60 days etc etc.. If your saw dies and you suspect water in the gas, flush it out and clean out the carb - don't shove it to one side and get back to it months later.

This won't happen in every saw or area, but it sure does happen a lot out here, and more frequenjtly than in the past. The saw in question wasn't even three years old!

Sorry if I've missed a post discussing this, but any idea if synthetics are any better or worse in terms of longish term saw "storage" (saws sitting, that is) than dino?

 

[Lakeside53]

Stihl tell me that there is much less chance of separation due to moisture in Alcohol containing gas with their synthetic mix than the dino.

 

[Jacob J.]

I've run two pints of the synthetic so far, it's excellent. I highly recommend it over the regular high performance oil.

 

[GASoline71]

My friggin' dealer didn't order any more Stihl Ultra... all he had was Super. Ticks me off! I need some Ultra for this weekend!

Gotta murder some trees on "Earth Day"...LOL:hmm3grin2orange:

Gary

 

[Lakeside53]

Drive down - I have some at home

 

[Trigger-Time]

Lake, Are the springs stainless? I would have thought they would
be steel also, with a coating.

 

[Lakeside53]

They are stainless.

 

[GASoline71]

Drive down - I have some at home

Just got off the phone with Wood's Logging... they just got some in! Woo-Hoo!

Then again... it would have been a good excuse to drink a few beers... Hmmm... I might have to rethink this...

Gary

 

[Trigger-Time]

Lake, Are the springs stainless? I would have thought they would
be steel also, with a coating.

They are stainless.

Reason I ask.........was playing with a Zama carb awhile back, magnet stuck to the spring and the pivot rod........must be a 400 series of stainless.

 

[chainsawjunky]

Thanks, a list posted here would be great! I have a carb kit, and while I have it (carb) apart, I'll change out the screw.

My parts gathering for the 044 is coming along slowly but surely...finding a good used tank/handle assembly that isn't cracked or repaired is not easy (anybody got one for sale?) I know where I can get a new one for a reasonable price, but they only come with the new flip-open fuel caps, and I want the old style cap tank. I guess I'll have to be patient.

Kevin

I have an extra tank assembly(old style caps). The thing is it's missing a post the carb mounts on and the ignition post is stuck(wont move, needs replaced). I don't know if the tank leaks or not. It doesn't have the fuel line or impulse line(i think, not sure though). That's all I can remember about it though. If you still need one send me a PM and I'll check it for you. Evan

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Gotta murder some trees on "Earth Day"...LOL:hmm3grin2orange:

Just been sitting and learning on this thread, but at THAT comment I just have to speak up!







I like your attitude!

 

[KMB]

I have an extra tank assembly(old style caps). The thing is it's missing a post the carb mounts on and the ignition post is stuck(wont move, needs replaced). I don't know if the tank leaks or not. It doesn't have the fuel line or impulse line(i think, not sure though). That's all I can remember about it though. If you still need one send me a PM and I'll check it for you. Evan

PM sent.

Kevin

 

[chainsawjunky]

Well heres pictures of the tank for KMB. Evan

 

[chainsawjunky]

Couple more. Last two are of the chain brake cover if thats what you need. Evan

 

[sawn_penn]

They are stainless.

Won't a stainless screw seize in this kind of application?

 

[Lakeside53]

Nope.. It's just into aluminium.

 

[chainsawjunky]

By the way, Lakeside you need to clear your inbox. Evan